Chromotherapy
is the use of color and light to bring one health and harmony
by taking it into the body through your vision and beyond and
here we will discuss how to integrate that into sexuality.

Color
therapy is not a new approach to health as the Egyptians actually
used color therapy. They built solarium rooms with various colored
glass allowing the sun to shine through the glass onto the patient
to achieve specific therapeutic benefits. Others used different
colored silk clothes to filter varying shades of light onto
their bodies. There is also evidence of others using colored
waters and colored gels to achieve the same results.

Science
has shown us that we depend on full spectrum light in order to live,
that colors hold a unique frequency for every hue and they have been
proven to impact our physical health as well. For example a study
showed that epileptic seizures were reduced in patients that wore
lenses that were tinted rose and indigo. Other studies have shown
that white light used during the day helps with seasonal affective
disorder (SAD), sleep disturbances and Alzheimer's disease; while
another study showed that blue light positively affected women who
suffered from rheumatoid arthritis.

In addition, phototherapy has shown that using specific types of colored
light help to treat neonatal jaundice and erectile dysfunction. Examples
of such light are dichroic lamps, full-spectrum light and polychromatic
polarized light. Even the sun emits every single one of the color
wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum and we know how important
sunlight is to our health.

Today,
we know that everything that holds an energetic frequency
and color in particular affects us on many levels
through our mind, body and emotions. Every living
thing depends on full spectrum light to be able to
exist and recent scientific evidence suggests that
light is in fact emitted by every cell in our bodies.
We live in a sea of energy where color is working
within us. Research and observation has shown us that
specific colors bring balance to our physical and
emotional systems and trigger certain psychological
effects.

Using
color to effect moods and associations has long been studied
and proven. Think about the color green... many marketers
know that it symbolizes health, rejuvenation, and relaxation.
Look at many spa web sites, food packaging and you will begin
to notice that green is used to convey that message. The essence
of green that healthy plants convey to us creates psychological
and emotional reactions in us without us even being conscious
of it.

Why
Use Colors for Enhanced Sex?

Your
mental and emotional states are often neglected when it comes
to sex and yet the impact of how they affect performance and
perception of your sexual experiences are enormous. With only
two-thirds of men responding to Viagra, there is a clear indication
that we can't keep focusing only on the physical aspects of
our sexuality while neglecting that we are a whole person with
mental, emotional and even spiritual needs. In order to have
the best sex life you can, you must open your mind to try things
that empower, enlighten and return you to the magic of youthful
energy which is and will always be within you regardless of
your chronological age.

Most people
miss what is going on for them in the moment; we often find ourselves
in this fast paced society eating without even really tasting our
food. We tend to be on automatic pilot missing many beautiful parts
of life, including our sexuality. We all benefit when we take those
extra moments to become more mindful of what we are doing and enjoy
the essence of it. Things such appreciating the colors of sex are
just one way to bring more pleasure to our senses.

Becoming more
mindful of each sensation, our breathing, our environment during
sexual activity, whether we are alone or with a partner allows us
to become more highly aroused and more deeply impacted by the sexual
experience. Integrating color into this process can be a fun way
to produce a desired effect.

Try
a Color Test Drive

Chromotherapy
is considered 'breathing in' color; meaning that you inhale
while visualizing a color. Other techniques are to surround
yourself with that color using lighting, clothing and decor.
Take a moment and try a little test drive -

Close
your eyes and choose a color you wish to focus on. Clear your
mind of anything else. Imagine only that color and how it
makes you feel. Imagine yourself swimming in a beautiful pool
of water that is filled with that color as it glows around
you. Imagine the sky around you in this color as sunlight
fills it with effervescent light. Now take a full, deep breath...
breathing it in, breathing in its essence, filling your lungs
with it. The color flows through your veins as you take it
into your lungs with each deep breath. You bathe in it, you
breathe it and it is flowing through you.

Then open
your eyes and tune into to your mind, body and emotional state.
How did that feel? Was it satisfying to you? Did you feel
the essence of that color?

Learning
to Go Deeper in Color

If you
didn't feel that you gained much from the little experiment
above, you may want to spend a little more time in a relaxing
atmosphere experimenting with it as sometimes people have
a difficult time shutting off the 'mind-chatter' of their
daily task list and have a hard time letting go and really
authentically allowing themselves to take in the energy of
color at first.

If you
did feel the benefits, try other colors and see what each
feels like as you do it. The possibilities are endless. Using
color for sexual trauma that has occurred can be a therapeutic
way to work through upsetting memories while using the color
to calm and heal. Using color can also assist in situations
like impotence and other areas of sexual dysfunction. Using
it to tap into your inner power and primal sexuality can provide
mental and emotional states that support one's prowess.

Red-
Energy, Passion, Love, Power

Orange-
Joy, Creativity, Warmth, Social

Yellow-
Mental Clarity, Energy, Cleansing

Green-
Hope, Health, Fertility

Turquoise-Improving
Immunity, Release

Blue- Calming, Honesty,
Freedom

Indigo-Purification,
Altered States Of Consciousness

Violet-Higher
Consciousness, Purification, Spirituality

Magenta-Promotes
libido in those with subnormal sex potency.

Using
Chromotherapy During Sex

The next
time you are beginning a sexual experience, try using color
therapy by using candles of that color, lingerie, lighting,
and other items to bring certain colors into your environment.
Then begin to experience the pleasure while breathing in the
color you desire taking deep breaths as you fill your body
with it. Before you know it, you will have a whole new experience
with sexuality through the beauty and rejuvenation that colors
bring us.